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NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB P. GILBERT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent N0. 474,554, dated May 10, 1892.

Application filed February 9, 1892. Serial No. 420,912. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB P. GILBERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Horseshoe and its Attachments; and lido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improvement in horseshoes and hoof-pads, having, among other things, for its object the construction of the shoe so as to adapt it for road and track horses as well as for heavy draft-horses, to prevent the slipping or sliding of horses upon stone pavements, wood pavements, or ice, and to also prevent balling in snow.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cheap and efficient means of securing the pad to the shoe, so that the owner of a horse may apply and remove the pad without taking the horse to a shop for that purpose, the securing devices being capable of quick and easy manipulation by a person without any experience in horseshoeing.

Other objects and advantages will appear from the following description and claims, when taken in connection with the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l is an inverted view in perspective of my improved shoe with my improved pad applied. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the hoof side of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the pad, showing its hoof side. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the shoe alone, partly broken away and partly in section, so as Vto illustrate the shape of the metal in cross-section; and Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken in the plane indicated by the dotted line o: a: of Fig. 2.

Referring by letter to said drawings, A indicates a horseshoe which is mainly of the ordinary or any approved construction. This shoe is provided in its opposite vertical sides and at suitable points with transverse holes a for the reception of screws or other fastening devices, and when screws are employed for this purpose the holes are preferably countersunk around their outer ends, as

shown at l), to receive the heads of the screws or bolts. This shoe is also provided on its inner side and in a plane above the apertures or holes a witha horizontal flange c, which is designed to furnish an upward bearing for the pad or cushion B, and the flange is preferably beveled slightly inward, as shown, so as to serve more effectivelyin formingasnug seat for the pad. Said flange is recessed on its upper side near the toe of the shoe, as shown at d, to receive the wire or lug carried by the pad at that point, as will be presently explained. The shoe as thus constructed,

which, if desired, may have toe and. heel calks, is adapted for use upon horses without the employment of the pad, being ready, however, to receive the pad without removing the shoe from the foot.

The pad Bis preferably of a shape as shown, although it may be of any other shape desired, and is composed of hard rubber or other yielding or elastic material. This pad has its under side smooth or plain, or it may be roughened or corrugated, so as to serve more effectively, in contact with a stone, asphalt, or other road, to prevent t-he animal from slipping, and is particularly desirable in frosty weather. The pad or cushion, which is designed to be arranged over the sole of the hoof, has its upper marginal side recessed, as shown at e, and shouldered, as shown at f, so as to bear snugly against the under side and inner edge of the flange c of the shoe. This pad is provided on its upper side at or adjacent to the toe portion with a hook or lug C, which is embedded in said pad, and while this securing-lug may be formed from a plate of metal or other suitable material, yet for the sake of cheapness Iprefer to make it of a piece of steel or brass wire, as shown, which is adapted to enter the recess CZ of the iange c and bear flush with the top of said flange or rest on top of the flange or shoe. The pad is also provided in its opposite sides, and preferably at opposite points, with plain or threaded sockets g, which are designed to coincide with the apertures a in the sides of the shoe and receive the securing screws or bolts D.

Thilo 1 have described screws or bolts for fastening the pad to the shoe, yet itis obvious,

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that other means might be employedsucl1 for instance, as a spring or a forked continuation of the hook or lug C, so that ends of same projecting from the pad may be entered into apertures ci or under the shoe or flange of the shoe.

To apply the pad after the shoe has been placed upon an'animals foot, it is simply necessary to place the same against the flange c and push it forward until the lug C has entered the recess d o f said flange or under shoe or flange, the internally-threaded sockets g being thus brought to coincide with the apertures a in the sides of the shoe when the screws or bolts D are turned into the apertures and sockets, so as to secure the pad in position. Such operation may be very rapid, and when it is desirable to remove the pad the screws are first withdrawn, when the pad may be slipped out of the shoe.

Vhile I have described in detail the various parts of my improved device, vet I do not Wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise construction shown and described, as I am aware that some of the parts may be modified without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim is'- l. The improved horseshoe having apertures in its sides, and an inwardly-directed flange in a plane above said apertures to form a continuous upper bearing for the marginal edge of a pad, substantially as specied.

2. The improved horseshoe having the continuous inwardly-directed flange on its upper side and provided with the recess at its toe portion, said shoe also having the apertures in its opposite sides, whereby said shoe is adapted to receive asuitable pad and seat the same continuously around its margin, substantially as specified.

3. The pad formed from rubber or other elastic material, beveled, as shown, and having the hook or lug in its upper side adjacent to its toe portion, and also having the screwtapped sockets in its opposite outer sides, in combination with the shoe having the inner flange on its upper side and also having the apertures in its opposite sides, and thescrew or bolt for detachably securing the pad to the shoe, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB P. GILBERT.

Witnesses:

ALBERT B. ELLITHORPE, F. T. ELLITHORPE. 

